Chapter 14: I Want to Woo You (2/2)

“Says who?”

“The great pioneer of the proletariat, Karl Marx.”

“Marx really said something like that?” Lu Chenzhou clearly didn’t believe her words. “On the other hand, the great French novelist Balzac stated that love is the indulgence of rationality. A positive, grave enjoyment.”

After hearing Lu Chenzhou’s words, Cheng Xi started smiling. He was a more interesting man than she had previously given credit for; at the very least, he had been thinking about love, or he wouldn’t have remembered this quote of Balzac’s.

Or, perhaps, these words only served to support his detached emotions.

An indulgence of rationality, a grave enjoyment… his attention was solely focused on the words “rationality” and “grave,” wasn’t it?

She stopped debating with him. After the red light turned green, she started driving again. Lu Chenzhou received a call, probably the one that was rushing him. She heard him say, “I’m almost there—turn right.”

“Turn right” was directed at Cheng Xi. He had said it promptly, and Cheng Xi was able to follow his directions. Not far ahead, she saw a big metal gate.

After they finally arrived, Lu Chenzhou hung up. “Drive inside.”

Cheng Xi glanced at him, and he also turned his head to look at her. She somewhat awkwardly asked, “Can you walk inside by yourself?”

She remembered that there used to be a mountain here, but the mountain had clearly been levelled and replaced with bungalows some time ago. This now unfamiliar place, walled up behind a big metal gate, looked like a dark castle in the deep night, and it was a castle that Cheng Xi didn’t want to enter.

Lu Chenzhou seemed to see through her pretense. “Are you scared?” He seemed a bit amazed and tried to reassure her, though his tone wasn’t very reassuring. “We’ve already slept together, so what else could you be scared of?”

“……”

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